Cord definition
A spinal cord.
An example of a cord is what attaches a plug to a lamp.
An example of a cord is wood stacked in a pile that is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet wide.
An example of to cord is to connect a wire to a laptop.
Corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
The spinal cord, vocal cords, umbilical cord.
A spinal cord.
The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
He looped some cord around his fingers.
- to cease being overdependent, as upon one's parents
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of cord
- Middle English from Old French corde from Latin chorda from Greek khordē gherə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khorda), Ionic χορδή (khorde, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”)
From Wiktionary